Locking means for printing-types.



L. A, HOSKINS.

LOCKING MEANS FOR PRINTING TYPES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, I916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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LABAN A. I-IOSKINS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR T0 EDWIN T.EARL, OF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LOCKING MEANS FUR PRINTING-TYPE$.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Ptlifill ted May 8, 1917.

Application filed May 13, 1916. Serial No. 97,290.

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Be it known that I, LABAN A. HosKiNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Locking Meansfor Printing-Types, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a means for locking two or more lines ofindividual types in fudge box forms used on cylinder presses.

In the printing of newspapers it is common practice to have head linesextending the width of one or more columns. These head lines upon thefront page are used to display the caption for the latest news, and itis desirable that the form be held open until the paper is ready forpress. The usual practice is to provide a chase commonly termed a fudgeor banner box, there by providing a form for the head lines. The typefor the body of the paper is conmonly set up on linotype machines, andstereotype is made therefrom which is bent and secured to the presscylinder. A blank space is reserved in the stereotype plate for the headlines. The latter are commonly set up in a banner or fudge box, and thefudge form mounted on a printing cylinder. Individual types are used inthe fudge box, thereby permitting changes to be quickly and easily madein the head lines.

With fudge box constructions as now used only one line of individualtype may be inserted in the box and held securely in place. It has beenfound that where two or more lines are set up from the ordinary type andused on a cylinder press that the type will not remain securely in placein the chase or fudge box. The centrifugal force and vibration of thecylinder causes the form to bulge and the type to become displaced.

It is an object of my invention to provide individual types suitable fora cylinder press chase, and means for interlocking the types, wherebythey will be held 1n the fudge box against displacement.

I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a form.

Fig. 2 is a section as seen on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section as seen on the line 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is a. type for a single line.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of types for three lines.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the fudge box comprises aform consisting of a base 4- having an upwardly extending side wall 5which is under-cut, as indicated at 6. An end wall 7 is secured to thebase and is preferably integral therewith. End wall 7 has an ear 8extending therefrom, which is apertured to receive a bolt 9. The latterbeing secured to a movable tongue, not shown, which fits into a rabbeton the press cylinder.

A movable side wall 10 is secured to the base 1 by means of cap screws11 and 12. The cap screws extend through apertures in the end wall 10and the threaded ends thereof are engaged in threaded bores 13 and 1% inthe base 4. Side Wall 10 is beveled or under-cut, as indicated at 15.Upstanding from the base 4 is an end wall 16 which is bored at 17 andhas extending therethrough a threaded bolt 18. A collar 19 is mountedupon the shank of the bolt 18 and serves in cooperation with the head 20to hold the bolt from moving longitudinally with respect to the end wall16. A

lock 21 is mounted upon the base 4 for movement between the side wallsof the chase, and has a threaded bore in which the bolt 18 is engaged,so that rotation of the bolt 20 will cause the block 21 to movelongitudinally of the chase. Secured to the base f of the chase aretongues 22 which engage rabbets upon the cylinder. Side wall 5 is cutaway as indicated at 23 to provide an opening in which individual typemay be inserted.

It is the practice to move block 21 against end wall 16 and insert anindividual type through opening 23 moving the type between the sidewalls 5 and 10. These types for a single line are of the form shown at24 in Fig. 4:, having beveled ends complementary to the under-cuts inthe side walls of the fudge box. The end wall 10 is then moved by meansof the cap screws 11 and 1:2 and the blocks 21 forced against the type,thereby holding them in the form. The bevels on type.

V In my improved construction I have pro-' vlded for the use of two ormore lines of in;

Each ofdividual type in the fudge box. the types for two lines has abeveled end as indicated at 25 and 25, and on the opposite end rabbets26 and 26 are formed. Where two lines of type are used the individualtype are placed in the position with the rabbets 26 and 26 registering.Bevel 25 cooperates with under-cut 1 5 and bevel 25 with under-cut 6.Spacers extending the width of the fudge box are disposed in position,as indicated at 27 and 28 or individual ty e may be used which extendthe full width of the fudge box, as indicated at 29. The under-faces ofthe spacers have grooves 30 formed therein which register with a set ofregistering rabbets. V A key 31 is mounted in a set of registeringrabbets and extends longitudinally of the fudge box] Key 31 abuts theupper wall of grooves 30 in the spacers.

Nhere three lines of types are used, the end line types are of the samegeneral form used for two lines as indicated at 32 and 33 in Fig. 5. Thetypes in the intermediate lines have rabbets 3 f and 34 on both endfaces registering with rabbets 35 and 35 in Copies of this patent may beobtained for for the keys.

April, 1916.

which keys are inserted. Spacers and single line type arecorrespondingly grooved It is obvious that any nulnher of lines mayinvention."

By means of the construction just described, the types are locked inposition; the keys hold adjacent type from bulging while the spacersserve to hold the key from moving outwardly.

It is obvious that the head lines can be quickly changed requiring onlya few minutes to place the head lines in position before the paper goesto press, or even change the headings while the paper is on the press,

What I claim is:

In combination, a chase for a press cylinbe used by embodying my derhaving means to prevent radial dis,

placement of the types, two or more lines .of individual types in saidchase, each typein an end line having one end arranged to cooperate withsaid means, and a rabbet out in the opposite end thereof, the typesofeach row abutting the types in the contiguous row, said rabbets on adjace'nt'types registering, a key in each set of registering rabbets,

and spacers extending the width of said chase locked 'thereinandoverlaying said keys to preventdisplacement of the latter.

In witness that I claim the foregoing'l have hereunto subscribed my namethis Washington, D. G.

LABAN A. nosxius.

five'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of iateiite,

